Catcher Hank Conger, the former Huntington Beach High standout who hit a home run in the only other game he has played for the Angels this season, is in the starting lineup for Friday night's home opener against the Toronto...

It’s Triple-A, so another day, another discussion about moves, potential moves and speculation about more moves. Lehigh Valley manager Dave Brundage always obliges us during his pre-game interview session. Here’s the latest: Brundage said...

The Orioles open their Grapefruit League schedule today with 1:05 p.m. exhibition against the Detroit Tigers at Joker Marchant Stadium in Lakeland, Fla.
As manager Buck Showalter indicated, most starters won’t make the trip and instead work out...

Not only did pitching prospect Hunter Harvey retire four of the five batters he faced in Sunday's intrasquad game, but his fastball also showed impressive velocity in his first time facing hitters in a game situation since last July.
Pitching in an...

Former All-Star infielder Everth Cabrera and the Baltimore Orioles finalized their $2.4 million, one-year contract on Wednesday.
Baltimore agreed to a deal last week, which wasn't finalized until Cabrera resolved a legal issue. He was charged with...

Right-hander Steve Johnson didn’t make his scheduled bullpen session Monday after injuring his right middle finger while doing pitchers fielding practice drills Sunday.
Johnson had an X-ray done after Monday’s workout, and the results came back negative for any broken bones. With just a bruise, he hopes that the injury won’t keep him out for an extended time.
“It felt a lot better than it did yesterday,” Johnson said Monday before the X-ray results were known. “It...

The Orioles' pending one-year deal with infielder Everth Cabrera is still moving forward, but executive vice president Dan Duquette said Thursday that he wasn't certain that it would be finalized by the end of the week.
“There’s not a lot that I can say about players while we’re in the process,” Duquette said Thursday. “The rules don’t allow it, but we’ve done a lot of research on this player, and his skill and ability is very good, and we think there may be a...

The Orioles have added another player to their spring training camp, signing utility infielder Jayson Nix to a minor league deal worth $750,000 if he makes the team. He can add another $50,000 in incentives, a source confirmed.
Nix, 32, played in 41 major league games last year with three teams: the Philadelphia Phillies, Pittsburgh Pirates and Kansas City Royals. He hit a combined .120 in 83 at-bats. A former supplemental first-round pick of the Colorado Rockies in 2001, Nix is a career .212 hitter...

Infielder Jayson Nix, whom the Orioles signed to a minor league deal Tuesday, may not be the last player to join the team for spring training in Sarasota, Fla.
Executive vice president Dan Duquette is still working on adding players, and it would be a surprise if at least one more pitcher didn’t join the club on a minor league deal in the next few days.
Duquette also will be tweaking things as spring training progresses -- that’s how he builds a team. As of Tuesday night, the club had 57...

PROSPER, Texas Torii Hunter sat on a chair in the left side of the batter's box at Prosper High School last week, setting baseballs on a hitting tee for Jayson Nix.
It was overcast and in the 50s, but spring training was in the air as Hunter and a couple of other players took their first swings of the new year. Hunter, rejoining the Twins after a seven-year hiatus, was talking as much as he was hitting.
"You've got to load a little bit," Hunter said to Nix, who played in the World Series with the Kansas...

By David Smale, The Sports Xchange
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Salvador Perez's single down the left field line capped a two-run, 12th-inning rally, and the Kansas City Royals stunned the Oakland Athletics 9-8 Tuesday in the American League wild-card game.
The Royals advance to play the Los Angeles Angels in the American League division series.
A sell-out crowd of 40,502 watched the first postseason game in Kansas City since 1985, and the home team prevailed after trailing 7-3 in the eighth inning...